CVE-2019-11503

NameCVE-2019-11503
Descriptionsnap-confine as included in snapd before 2.39 did not guard against symlink races when performing the chdir() to the current working directory of the calling user, aka a "cwd restore permission bypass."
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs928052

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
snapd (PTS)stretch (security)2.21-2+deb9u1vulnerable
stretch (lts), stretch2.21-2+deb9u3vulnerable
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)2.37.4-1+deb10u3vulnerable
bullseye (security), bullseye2.49-1+deb11u2fixed
bookworm2.57.6-1fixed
trixie2.65.3-1fixed
sid2.66.1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
snapdsource(unstable)2.40-1low928052

Notes

[buster] - snapd <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - snapd <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/pull/6642

Search for package or bug name: Reporting problems